In a new study, SLAC researchers suggest a small-scale solution could be the key to solving a large-scale mystery.

Researchers have used the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument to make the largest 3D map of our universe and world-leading measurements of dark energy, the...

Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s stunningly detailed images will illuminate distant stellar streams and their past encounters with dark matter.

Do you know your convolutional neural networks from your boosted decision trees?

In the coming weeks, Symmetry will explore the ways scientists are using artificial intelligence to advance particle physics and astrophysics—in a series of articles...

This month, Symmetry presents a series of articles on the past, present and future of quantum research—and its many connections to particle physics, astrophysics...

Latin America has reached a pivotal moment in experimental particle physics and astrophysics research. Throughout the month of October, Symmetry will explore how.

July 4 marks the 10^th anniversary of the discovery of the Higgs boson.

The first reflective coating was applied to Vera C. Rubin Observatory’s 8.4-meter combined primary/tertiary mirror using the observatory’s onsite coating chamber.

Scientists inside and outside of particle physics and astrophysics are leaning on AI for assistance with complex tasks.

Physics may seem like its own world, but different sectors using machine learning are all part of the same universe. 

Machine learning is becoming an essential part of a physicist’s toolkit. How should new students learn to use it?